Yahoo! News: Elections

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• Obama to tell Putin: Time to move past Cold War (AP)
• US moving cautiously on new cyber security program (AP)
• Senate bill fines people refusing health coverage (AP)
• Analysis: US leverage small in Honduran coup (AP)
• Health care call goes awry (Politico)
• Missile experts see Soviet parts in NKorean rocket (AP)
• Obama: Indefinite Gitmo detentions big challenge (AP)
• American soldier feared captured in Afghanistan (AP)
• Obama: Court leaves room for affirmative action (AP)
• Treasury seizes assets of extremist organization (AP)
• Interim Honduras government says open to early election (Reuters)
• GOP, White House at odds on Sotomayor documents (AP)
• Obama's challenge: Tweens take over Camp David (AP)
• Text of Obama's AP interview (AP)
• Bill Clinton to raise money for NY Dem challenger (AP)
• Obama administration delays release of CIA report (AP)
• Obama says he gets daily prayers on his BlackBerry (AP)
• Leahy: GOP planned objection to a high court pick (AP)
• Sanford cleared in legal probe (Politico)
• Obama hasn't yet picked a church for his family (AP)

Obama to tell Putin: Time to move past Cold War (AP) Posted: 02 Jul 2009 04:43 PM PDT AP - Days from his first Moscow summit, President Barack Obama declared Thursday that former Russian President Vladimir Putin "still has a lot of sway" in his nation and needs an in-person reminder the Cold War is over.

US moving cautiously on new cyber security program (AP) Posted: 02 Jul 2009 04:22 PM PDT AP - The Obama administration is moving cautiously on a new pilot program that would both detect and stop cyber attacks against government computers, while trying to ensure citizen privacy protections.

Senate bill fines people refusing health coverage (AP) Posted: 02 Jul 2009 04:03 PM PDT AP - Americans who refuse to buy affordable medical coverage could be hit with fines of more than $1,000 under a health care overhaul bill unveiled Thursday by key Senate Democrats looking to fulfill President Barack Obama's top domestic priority.

Analysis: US leverage small in Honduran coup (AP) Posted: 02 Jul 2009 03:30 PM PDT AP - The coup that deposed the president of Honduras exposed the small leverage that even millions of dollars in aid and longtime military cooperation will buy.

Health care call goes awry (Politico) Posted: 02 Jul 2009 09:42 AM PDT Politico - Sen. Chris Dodd (D-Conn.) tried to announce some positive developments about the cost of health reform Thursday, but the news delivered by him and other senators got lost in a sustained chorus of coughing, yawning and Muzak.

Missile experts see Soviet parts in NKorean rocket (AP) Posted: 02 Jul 2009 04:23 PM PDT AP - With concerns rising about a possible North Korean long-range missile test this weekend, two independent scientists say the rogue regime may be using an old Soviet ballistic missile to boost a rocket capable of reaching the West Coast of the United States.

Obama: Indefinite Gitmo detentions big challenge (AP) Posted: 02 Jul 2009 03:36 PM PDT AP - President Barack Obama said Thursday he's uneasy about his own proposal to indefinitely imprison some of the most dangerous terror suspects being held now at Guantanamo Bay. He called it "one of the biggest challenges of my administration."

American soldier feared captured in Afghanistan (AP) Posted: 02 Jul 2009 02:02 PM PDT AP - An American soldier is feared captured by insurgents after he walked off his base in eastern Afghanistan without his body armor and weapon, officials said Thursday.

Obama: Court leaves room for affirmative action (AP) Posted: 02 Jul 2009 04:39 PM PDT AP - President Barack Obama said Thursday the Supreme Court is "moving the ball" to limit affirmative action, but he stressed that its ruling in favor of white firefighters still allows employers and educators to take race into account in hiring, promotions and admissions.

Treasury seizes assets of extremist organization (AP) Posted: 02 Jul 2009 04:00 PM PDT AP - The Obama administration on Thursday authorized the seizure of assets belonging to an extremist organization in Iraq and an Iranian backer of insurgents, saying both are responsible for deadly attacks in Iraq.

Interim Honduras government says open to early election (Reuters) Posted: 02 Jul 2009 04:33 PM PDT Reuters - An interim government set up after a military coup in Honduras said on Thursday it would be open to bringing forward a November general election to resolve a crisis over the ouster of President Manuel Zelaya.

GOP, White House at odds on Sotomayor documents (AP) Posted: 02 Jul 2009 03:55 PM PDT AP - A top Republican pressed for more information Thursday about Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor's ties to a Puerto Rican civil rights group he said took extreme positions on race, as the White House argued that the material was irrelevant to the judge's nomination.

Obama's challenge: Tweens take over Camp David (AP) Posted: 02 Jul 2009 03:40 PM PDT AP - Finally, something that intimidates President Barack Obama: a bunch of tween girls.

Text of Obama's AP interview (AP) Posted: 02 Jul 2009 03:03 PM PDT AP - AP transcript of an interview with President Barack Obama on Thursday.

Bill Clinton to raise money for NY Dem challenger (AP) Posted: 02 Jul 2009 03:01 PM PDT AP - In a slap at President Barack Obama, former President Bill Clinton will headline a fundraiser for a New York congresswoman challenging White House-backed Sen. Kristen Gillibrand in the state's Democratic primary.

Obama administration delays release of CIA report (AP) Posted: 02 Jul 2009 04:10 PM PDT AP - The Obama administration said Thursday that it needs two more months to review an internal CIA report on the agency's secret detention and interrogation program before making it public, drawing criticism from civil libertarians who say it's past time for Americans to know how its government treated terrorism suspects.

Obama says he gets daily prayers on his BlackBerry (AP) Posted: 02 Jul 2009 02:51 PM PDT AP - President Barack Obama says he gets a prayer every morning on his BlackBerry.

Leahy: GOP planned objection to a high court pick (AP) Posted: 02 Jul 2009 02:47 PM PDT AP - The chairman of the Senate's upcoming Supreme Court hearings says Republicans told him they would have objected no matter whom President Barack Obama nominated to the high court.

Sanford cleared in legal probe (Politico) Posted: 02 Jul 2009 02:40 PM PDT Politico - South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford on Thursday was cleared of allegations that he may have illegally used taxpayer funds to visit his Argentine mistress and got a show of support from his wife, two developments that have bolstered the embattled Republican governor.

Obama hasn't yet picked a church for his family (AP) Posted: 02 Jul 2009 02:38 PM PDT AP - President Barack Obama says he is taking his time picking a church because his choice will undergo political scrutiny.

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